Favorites of the 2010s
(*s = my #1s)
Books (alphabetically by author):
The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasm
Mirror Kingdoms by Peter S. Beagle
West by Carys Davies
All My Cats by Bohumil Hrabal
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems by Adam Ehrlich Sachs
Fireflies by Luis Sagasti
The Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
The Neighborhood by Gonçalo M. Tavares (*)
Beautiful Darkness by Vehlmann and Kerascoët
Movies (alphabetically by title):Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
The Eclipse (dir. Conor McPherson)
The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker)
A Ghost Story (dir. David Lowery)
Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax) (*)
Our Little Sister (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Pain and Glory (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
We Are the Best! (dir. Lukas Moodysson)
World of Tomorrow and World of Tomorrow - Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (dir. Don Hertzfeldt)
Albums (alphabetically by artist):Mimikry by ANBB
You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen
Asleep Versions by Jon Hopkins
Supercodex by Ryoji Ikeda
Plastic Planet by Modified Toy Orchestra
Take Me Elsewhere by The RAah Project
Blisters EP by serpentwithfeet
Antologie by Solveig Slettahjell
White+ by White+ (*)
Rivers by Wildbirds and Peacedrums
Just below the top tens: Their Brilliant Careers: The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers by Ryan O'Neill and Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures by Mary Ruefle; The Act of Killing (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer) and Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn); and LP1 by FKA twigs and J.S. Bach—Six Suites for Viola Solo by Kim Kashkashian.
And, finally, the best book, movie, and album I discovered this decade regardless of their release date: Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban (1975); A Serious Man (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) (2009); and Tin Drum by Japan (1981).